{"id":14687,"date":"2022-01-06T15:00:15","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T20:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.veriheal.com\/blog\/?p=14687"},"modified":"2025-04-23T14:31:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T18:31:00","slug":"everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-powers-of-ibogaine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.veriheal.com\/blog\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-powers-of-ibogaine\/","title":{"rendered":"Everything You Need to Know About the Powers of Ibogaine"},"content":{"rendered":"

With <\/span>psychedelic therapy<\/span><\/a> becoming more accessible, it\u2019s wise to become educated on the many varieties and types that are available. While most people are aware of psychedelics such as magic mushrooms, LSD, and <\/span>ketamine<\/span><\/a>, there are other types that many don\u2019t know about. Ibogaine is a therapy that many are utilizing but it\u2019s not as mainstream. <\/span><\/p>\n

The Global Ibogaine Therapy Alliance <\/span>explains<\/span> that Ibogaine is a naturally occurring psychoactive substance that possesses several benefits. This psychoactive substance is sourced from a number of plants but is particularly sourced from the bark of a shrub called <\/span>Tabernanthe iboga<\/span><\/i>, a member of the <\/span>Apocynaceae<\/span><\/i> plant family. Ibogaine has been traditionally used by communities in West Africa for ritual and healing purposes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The History of Ibogaine<\/b><\/h2>\n

Ibogaine originates in the West Central African jungles and is now becoming a powerful modern medicine in many locations. Experience Ibogaine Treatment Centers <\/span>explain<\/span><\/a> that ibogaine was originally discovered by a Pygmy tribe who then passed on their knowledge to the Bwiti tribe. French explorers who were mapping out sections of Africa learned about the properties of ibogaine from the Bwiti tribe and then brought the substance into Europe around the 1900s.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

France then marketed ibogaine under the name Lambar\u00e8ne where it was primarily consumed as a stimulant – which has continued up to the present day. The Bwiti tribe healers used ibogaine as a means of communication with spirits and ancestors. Additionally, the entire tribe would consume small doses of ibogaine in order to cure physical ailments including impotency, mental illness, addiction, stomach ache, liver disorders, and fever. Whereas the healer would take larger doses and would then experience a kind of waking dream, in which they would be visited by ancestors and others from the spiritual world. This was done in order to gain a more potent connection to the spirits.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Some of the African population believe that the Bwiti and Pygmy tribes had a connection to the biblical Garden of Eden and that iboga is associated with the Tree of Knowledge. Anthropologists have supported this belief as they identified the source of all humanity to be located between Kenya and Gabon. The Bwiti religion has since spread and is now considered to be one of the most important religious practices in the whole of Africa. This religious practice involves regular use of ibogaine as it induces a psychoactive state and promotes a sense of spiritualism. In 1962, a regular heroin user named Howard Lotsof found that ibogaine could be used as a psychoactive recreational substance, which relieved his heroin withdrawal symptoms. He then asked friends of his to take ibogaine, who also reported no further withdrawal symptoms. Since then Mr. Lotsof formed the Global Ibogaine Therapy Alliance where they advocate for and study the powerful healing properties of ibogaine.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

More About Ibogaine<\/b><\/h2>\n

When ibogaine is consumed in lower doses, it acts as a stimulant that increases energy and decreases fatigue. When consumed in larger doses, the substance produces an oneirogenic effect. An oneirogenic effect is when the consumer enters a dream-like state while still being awake- which includes closed-eye imagery and retrieval of repressed memories.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Additionally, a psychologist named Claudio Naranjo used the substance in sessions with patients in 1960\u2019s Chile. He found that the substances helped people view difficult experiences in an objective way. It also helped facilitate the closure of unresolved emotional conflicts. Mr. Lotsof also found that the substance was also able to interrupt his physiological dependence on heroin as it took away his cravings and left him with no withdrawal symptoms. Since then, he has devoted his life to the development of ibogaine as prescription medicine.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the Global Ibogaine Alliance, Ibogaine includes benefits such as (<\/span>3<\/span><\/a>)<\/span>:<\/span><\/p>\n